Price tag holder



Sept. 12, 1950 A. FELIX PRICE TAG HOLDER Filed April l1, 1947 111 rel/lm,4am PH FEL /x :ll/1, nach' Patented Sept. 12, 17950 Paros TAG nominaAiililiff eliamgan; UranYA `Applirationii-pril 11, 1947, seriai-Ngma-Qs.

1 Claim. l

This invention relates to an improved holder for price tags and moreparticularly to a resilient type holder or spring clip adapted to bedemountably applied to a ange of a shelf, the open end of a container ora portion of the upper edge of a bin or the like.

More particularly, it is a primary object oi the present invention toprovide a resilient-type price tag holder of extremely simpleconstruction and which is so constructed that it may be readily andeiciently utilized for detachably supporting two widely used andconventional types of price tags and each of which is capable of beinginterchangeably applied thereto without modification of the holder.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafterbecome more fully apparent from the following description of thedrawing, illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View showing the price tag holder in anapplied position and supporting one conventional type of price tag;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the holder takensubstantiallly along a plane as indicated by the line 22 of Figure l;

- 2 ing the holder 6 on the wall or flange II. opposite, free end I3ofthe turned back portion 8 is flared outwardly to afford a lip capableof being manually engaged for releasing the spring portion of the pricetag i5 therebetween to de- Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of theholder in an applied position;

Figure 4 is a perspective View of the holder, and

Figure 5 is a View similar to Figure 2 and show.- ing a diierent typevprice tag demountably supported by the holder.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the improved price tagholder in its entirety, which is designated generally 6, is form-ed froman elongated strip or ribbon of a relatively resilient material, such asspring metal, and which is turned back upon itself at each end and onopposite sides thereof to form a substantially lstraight and flatintermediate portion l, an elongated turned back end 8 and a shorterturned back end 9.

The turned back end 8 is provided with a substantially straight portionil) which is adapted to be normally disposed substantially parallel tothe intermediate portion 'I to combine therewith to form a spring clipor clamp adapted to resiliently engage over the upper edge of a shelfflange, container or bin wall il. The substantially straight portion I0is joined with the intermediate portion 'I by an outwardly bowed arcuateupper portion I2 constituting a spring loop for yieldably urging theportion lil toward said intermediate port-ion i for resilientlycla1npmountably retain it in the recess Iii. Said turned back portion 9,as best seen in Figure 4, is provided with outwardly pressed portionsforming a pair of longitudinally extending, substantially parallelinwardly opening grooves I6 which are transversely spaced and which openoutwardly of the upper end of said turned back end 9. The grooves I 6are adapted to receive the transversely spaced depending spikes Il ofanother type of conventional price tag I8, as illustrated in Figures 1to 3 and which spikes are normally utilized for penetration into acontainer or food item for supporting the price tag thereon.

It will thus be readily apparent that the tag holder 6 is so constructedthat without adjustmentor variation it may be employed for mount-I ingeither of the price tags I5 or I8 and which constitute the two types ofprice tags most commonly employed in retail stores.

Another advantage of the invention resides in the fact that it is now acommon practice to advertise commodities for sale singularly or atspecial prices in groups, ordinarily requiring the use of two pricetags, and it will be readily obvious that by enlarging the price tag i5so that a substantial portion thereof would be exposed behind the tagI3, that both of said types of tags, including one of each, could bemounted and supported simultaneously by the holder 6 for advertising theunit and group price of a particular commodity, thus eliminating the useof a second price tag holder.

Various modications and changes are con templated and may obviously 'beresorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the inventionas hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

A price tag holder comprising a spring clip The having means whereby itis adapted to detachably engage over the upper edge of a container wallor shelf iiange to detachably mount the holder thereon, said spring cliphaving a leg turned outwardly and back upon itself, the turned backportion of said leg being provided with inwardly and upwardly openinglongitudinally extending grooves adapted to receive piercing spikesr`which extend from an edge of a price tag for demountably supportingthe price tag on the holder, and said turned back portion being spacedfrom the adjacent clip leg and combining therewith to form an upwardlyopening card receiving space adapted to receive and de-v tachably engagea portion of a card for mount- ,l

ing the card behind the price tag.

ADOLPI-I FELIX.

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